Mass lumping strategies for X-FEM explicit dynamics: Application to crack propagation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-474

  Menouillard, T ^a,b   Rethore J ^a   Moes N ^c   Combescure, Alain ^a   Bung, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CIVIL ET MÉCANIQUE GEM   (France)

Author keywords

Critical time step; Displacement discontinuity; Dynamic crack propagation; Explicit dynamics; Extended finite element method; Lumped mass matrix

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRESS;

DYNAMIC CRACK PROPAGATION; EXPLICIT DYNAMICS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SPECIFIC LUMPING TECHNIQUE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 42049118009     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2180     Document Type: Article

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